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bimetallism
bi·met·al·lism [ bī métt'l ìzzəm ]


noun 
Definition:
 
former monetary system: a monetary system used in 18th- and 19th-century Europe that was based on the use of two metals, usually gold and silver, with a fixed ratio to each other
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